Roundup Top 10!

Americans are right to wonder if the Great Experiment has failed by Heather Cox Richardson Americans are right to wonder if, at long last, what George Washington called the Great Experiment has failed, and that our founders have lost their extraordinary wager that regular people could govern themselves better than a few rich men could.

Putin is weak. Europe doesn’t have to be. by Walter Russell Mead Moscow is a sideshow. The real dangers come from within the continent.

The U.S. Needs to Face Up to Its Long History of Election Meddling by Peter Beinart Russian electoral interference has renewed the temptation for American leaders to do the same.

Trump and Iran’s Rouhani Threaten each other with the Mother of all Wars by Juan Cole But to have the US and Iran rattling sabers does not in the least benefit the American people.

Curb the paranoia, anti-Trumpers by Andrew J. Bacevich Trump’s election has induced a paranoid response, one that, unless curbed, may well pose a greater danger to the country than Trump himself.

Is Trump a danger -- or just 'incompetent' and a 'buffoon'? by Julian Zelizer Trump's critics aren't paranoid.

Stop hankering for the fantasy of a golden age by Max Hastings Despite the political problems Britain is facing, life is so much better than in the Forties or Fifties.

Republican leaders need to remember what happened the last time US chose to be isolated by Susan Dunn We learned the price of isolationism once. Do we need to learn it again?

Are there holes in the Constitution? by Michael Klarman A Congress controlled by Republican majorities has done almost nothing to check the president’s transgressive behavior. That's a problem that suggests the Constitution's not working as intended.

How Republicans became anti-democratic by Damon Linker Republicans are proving themselves to be enemies of democratic governance.